Comments on: Fat Lady Sings for iPhone Opera

By: News Round Up for November the 3rd

News Round Up for November the 3rd — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 10:46:58 +0000

[...] confusion continues to surround Opera’s browser for the iPhone. Maybe, as we reported, it’s been submitted to Apple and rejected. Or maybe not. Or maybe. We’ll be following [...]

By: SJC

SJC — Sat, 01 Nov 2008 13:33:10 +0000

Hi, Ian. I certainly remember you from MacUser, and I know Connor used to buy it. (Although I’m beginning to wonder if he ever read it…)

I guess the question is whether _Apple_ thinks we “need” another browser on the iPhone. They’ve always been kind of Big Brother — or possibly “benevolent dictator” — but maybe this is one “it’s for your own good” too far.

Of course, things might be different if they’d just be a little more open, but as I’m sure you know better than most, the chances of that are slim at best.

By: ianbetteridge

ianbetteridge — Sat, 01 Nov 2008 09:19:49 +0000

You probably remember me from my stint on MacUser – I was there for eight years, up until about five years ago.

Whether we “need” another browser on the iPhone shouldn’t be Apple’s choice to make: it should be the consumer’s. After all, by the same criteria, we don’t “need” another browser on the Mac – Safari is pretty good on their too.

The real question is whether we want Apple to make these decisions for us. Do we want to abdicate personal responsibility for how we use our phones, in favour of a paternalistic Big Brother deciding for us?

By: Fat Lady Sings for iPhone Opera

Fat Lady Sings for iPhone Opera — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 15:51:00 +0000

[...] iPhods.com wrote an interesting post today onHere’s a quick excerptWe highlighted the same potential problem a few days ago when we took a look at the Cube FPS Engine. There are probably good security — as well as performance — reasons for the ban. It still sucks, but at least Apple are upfront about … [...]